The Three Areas of the Commission

Dalarna University is an authority commissioned to pursue activities in:

Education

The university offers single-subject courses and programmes of education.

Research

Dalarna University pursues research in several disciplines as well as in interdisciplinary research areas.

External Liaison

Dalarna University's commission involves education and research in the community.

The government is ultimately responsible for the university’s activities, but universities and university-colleges are commissioned to collaborate with external organisations. Such collaboration is regulated by the Higher Education Act and the Higher Education Ordinance. You may read more about these and other ordinances and regulations on the website of Sweden's National Agency for Higher Education.

As well, Dalarna University has its own policy documents regulating its internal and external functions.